The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) alerts the financial services community and the public to a scam involving a firm falsely claiming to be regulated by the DFSA.

The scammers have set up a fraudulent website, “kamislaran.com”, which falsely claims that Kamislaran is under the regulation and supervision of the DFSA.

In addition, the scammers have created a fraudulent domain that clones the DFSA’s Public Register website, namely “https://dubai-finance-certifications.net/firm-232529.html”. This fake website falsely represents that Kamislaran is authorised by the DFSA.

Both Kamislaran’s website and the cloned DFSA’s Public Register website display a fake DFSA reference number for Kamislaran. This number does not follow the correct format for DFSA Authorised Firms.

The DFSA informs you that:

• Kamislaran is not, and has never been, authorised by the DFSA;
• the DFSA’s Public Register website has been cloned, and the fraudulent domain specified above has no connection with the DFSA;
• the legitimate DFSA’s Public Register website is available at www.dfsa.ae/public-register/firms; and
• the DFSA has issued an alert on its website regarding recent scams that involve the cloning of its Public Register. The alert is available here.

The DFSA strongly advises you not to respond to any communications regarding this scam, and under no circumstances should you send or give any money to any party connected to the scam.

The DFSA has a page on its website dedicated to alerts, which it has issued about scams. All alerts issued by the DFSA may be accessed by going to Alerts

The DFSA has also issued warnings and guidance about the common types of scams perpetrated on consumers.  For more information on these scams please go to How to avoid being scammed

The DFSA encourages consumers to refer to the list of regulated Firms and Authorised Individuals licensed by the DFSA that is available on the DFSA's Public Register

If you have any concerns about the authenticity of any correspondence or documents that purport to be issued by the DIFC Authority, DFSA or a DFSA regulated Firm, you should direct your concerns to the DIFC Authority on Tel: +971 4 362 2222 and to the DFSA via the DFSA Complaints function at Complaints